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Section VI.—Scheme of the Croydon Town Council for the
provision of New Houses under Section I. of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919.
'The Scheme should include any proposals which have already been
submitted for approval as assisted schemes.
1. Approximate number of new houses to be
provided:—
(a) Houses with living room, scullery and
two bedrooms 0
(b) Living room, scullery and three bedrooms 1000
(c) Parlour, living room, scullery and two
bedrooms 0
(d) Parlour, living room, scullery and three
bedrooms 300
(e) Parlour, living room, scullery and four
bedrooms 200
(f) Block dwellings. (Number:— )
Number of separate tenements 0
(g) Other dwellings (specifying type):— 0
Total number of houses and separate tenements 1,500
2. Approximate number of existing empty
houses to be acquired and:—
(i) Made suitable for housing the working
classes 0
(ii) Converted into flats for the working
classes 50
Many of these
houses were used
for billeting,
and have been
recently vacated
by the Military.
Approximate number of families to be
housed under (i) and (ii) 150
3. Approximate acreage of land to be acquired 175
4. Average number of houses per acre 12 (on land utilised)
5. Approximate localities in which land is to be
acquired :—
Woodside
Waddon
Norbury